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stmtv ttm., 1 ww@- JOH J. WATSON ANDWILLIAM S. PUGH, OF COATESVILLE, PENN- SYLVANIA.

v Leners Patent No. 87,808, dem March 16,1869.

Ta all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that we` JOHN J WATSON and W11.- LIAM S. PUGI'I, of Ooatesville, Chester county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented 'new and useful Improvements on Metallic Stove-Pipe Collars and Appendages; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description` of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,making a part of this specification, in which.

Figure 1 shows the parts combined;

Figures 2, detached portions; aspalso Figure 3, the shelf.

Figure 4 shows the collar attached to an oval pipe.

The nature of our invention consists in making the j collar of four equal segments, adjusted by headed bolts and screws, so as to adapt the same to stove-pipes from four to seven inches, or more or less, in diameter, be they round or of an oval form, said collars having an lupper and lower-flange, or open slot, in which the shelf slides or turns in any direction, constituting a sliding and revolving shelf, and connected with a segment provided with rods or 'dl-iers. A

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use These bolts D unite the segments firmly around lthe kstove-pipe, according to the size or shape.

The shelf A, iig. 3, has a central openspace, of any desire size.

The sides, for a distance, are parallel, and roundedcentrally, as shown,a portion, @being sunken, or the outer portion, b b, raised, forming a shouldered ledge around. And equidistant from the central opening, a lower cross piece, at b b, leaves an open socket for the introductionof the projecting holders b on the extra segment B, figs. 1 and-2, forming a rear-shelf attachment, which latter is also provided, on the under side, with sockets F, for the introduction of rods f j j' j, g. 1.

This arrangement admits of universal adjustment and adaptation.- The shelf cannot only be extended,

but revolved entirely around, while, at the same time, the same collar can be applied to-all sizes or shapes of stove-pipe, and gives it the widest range of useful` ness.

We are aware that revolving and sliding shelves for stove-pipes are not novel, nor the adjustability to a certain degree, such as patent, No. 80,210. This shelf has grooved or sliding ways, bywhich it is elongated or laterally enlarged-a device we do not employ; Nor is ours 'constructed or arranged as claimed. Our device, as shown, differs snbstantialiy, besides the addition of the extra segment B, with its sockets for drying-rods, adapted to said shelf, and combined with it.

The peculiar-shaped adjustable grooved or slotted collar is made in two parts, and cannot be adjusted so as to adapt it for variously-sized pipe, or when of an oval shape. The semicircular parts are fixed in thel sidepieces and slides, and constructedand operated, as claimed, on a wholly different plan. y

We do not lclaim a collar made in two parts, with adjustable side grooves; nor do we claim a shelf provided with and operating by means of grooved or sliding ways on the under side. The headed screw-bolts are common, with nut-attachment. The radial arms and circular ribs may be of any design or pattern. As

a Whole, We claim our arrangement as a decided improvement, better calculated to meet the wants of our A community than other devices for the same purpose. What we claim as our invention, and desire' to secure by Letters Patent, isfl. The stove-pipe collar, made in four segments, O, combined with an upper and lower dan ge, c e, provided with thickened side-pieces for the reception of a headed screw-bolt and nut, D, for adjustment to any desired size orshape of pipe, in the manner and for the -purpose specifiedand shown.

2. In combination with the collar C c e, the arrangement of the shelf A with its open .loops or socket b b', in combination with the extra segment B, and catchpoints b, and sockets F, all arranged and operating in the manner and for the purpose set forth.`

' JNO. J. WATSON;

WM.' S. PUGH. `Witnesses:

WM. R. Asn, GEO. W` BAKER. 

